Now that I’ve outlined the majority of the improvements on Part 1 and Part 2, I want to take a step back and quickly talk about why I think this was a successful project.
The Process & The Time Frame
We didn’t really plan it this way, but from the time we launched the previous cart in [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Breaking Down the New Detailed Image – Part 3 of 3
Breaking Down the New Detailed Image – Part 2 of 3
In Part 1 I took a look at some of the more obvious improvements on the major pages of the site. I think some of the subtleties are even more interesting. Things that might go unrecognized at first, but make a small positive impact on your business.
Banner System
One time during one of our sales a [...]
Breaking Down the New Detailed Image – Part 1 of 3
Now that the dust has settled a bit and everything seems to be going well with the new Detailed Image, I want to go back and dissect the project and discuss the major decisions we made and why we think they will help our business. A ton of things go on behind the scenes on [...]
An Inspiring Must-See Entrepreneurship Video
It’s less than 3 minutes, but absolutely inspiring. The video pretty much says it all. Special thanks to Brian for the link.
Chargebacks: how we were taken for $6k and how we’re fighting back
This post has been a long time coming, but it’s one that I finally made sure I sat down and wrote because I’m sure it can save someone from getting scammed the way that we did.
What is a chargeback?
According to our good friend Wikipedia:
A chargeback is the return of funds to a consumer, forcibly initiated [...]
New Blog Design
I’ve been intending to do a re-design and upgrade for a while, but finally just got around to it the past few weeks after Detailed Image launched. If you’re reading in a feed reader, this might be the one post where you’ll get something from clicking through and actually reading it on the site. In [...]
Just Having Fun
Kind of a random quick spontaneous post here.
This past week has been the most fun I’ve ever had running a business. Part of it is seeing the positive results of what we’ve done. We’ve accomplished everything as a team, and accomplishments are always better when you have people to share them with…especially when you all [...]
Wouldn’t it be Cool to Teach Entrepreneurship?
There’s no more rewarding work than being able to positively influence young minds. That’s why the two times that I was able to speak to students at Skidmore College about “entrepreneurship as a career choice” mean so much to me. Hopefully that hour I spent with them gives them a slightly different perspective to consider [...]
Quick Day 12 Site Update
Things have definitely not calmed down since the launch of the new Detailed Image, so I haven’t had the time to really put together the few exhaustive posts about the features that I wanted to, but I’ll get to that in the coming weeks (hopefully with some data to back up the changes). Here are [...]
How I Learned How to Program
Nethy left a comment the other day on my From Idea to Reality post where he asked how I got my start in programming. I thought about it, and figured it was worthy of a post because I don’t think I took a very typical path to being a web developer. Most of the other [...]
